mild car crash :(, not my fault ;_; (added two pics) Options

[xredjokerx]

so a couple days ago i was going down this 23rd ave and e 7th street, if anyone knows where that is haha.. near the alameda bridge in oakland.

its a green light and im going straight, this guy makes a left turn and i brake (not even threshold breaking) just slammed on my brakes, but i couldnt avoid it, i hit his 03 impala on the rear passenger side door and possibly his rear wheel well. i know its not my fault, he shouldnt have made that left..

anyway, my p.s. fender is bent, my bumper is cracked almost all the way down and scuffed, my hood is dented in the front p.s. corner, and my p.s. headlights are smashed. what do i do guys... im afraid that the total damage and labor costs might total my car, but im not positive of that yet. does anyone know if AAA goes by blue book value when it comes to totaling a car? i heard that if the cost of repair is over 50% of the car u get totaled.

all in all, it was a horrible experience. im not sure what to do at this point, i've contacted his insurance, and im waiting for them to call me back. does anyone know

what i should do? thanks for the input guys! (and gals)

his car:



my car:






This post has been edited by xredjokerx: Sep 18, 2008 - 2:08 AM

[sawny]

oh dang, impala..im guesssssing he was black? haha just kidding! promise.

but dude that sucks he would take a left turn like that...atleast he didnt hit and run, so thats good. i hope the insurance goes easy on you.

[CAMAricer]

Doesn't look like that much damage to your car...nothing a new body kit, fenders, and hood won't fix up. Only thing you would need is a new ps lamp.

Umm...I know that I've collected >6K on insurance claims on my Celi and my Celi ain't worth nothing near $6K. But that was spread over 4 or 5 smaller claims...so I don't know what would happen since this all happened in one collision.

My advice is to see how much your insurance will give you for your car, and if they decide to total it, offer to buy it back from them and repair it yourself. Insurance pays out $$$ 'cause they price everything at stock prices plus labor/paint cost is HUGE. Hell, a body kit, fender, hood, and lamp on ebay won't cost you more than....$1100 and they will sure as hell pay you more than that.

Glad to hear you're alright, though...man they are some serious maniacs drivers out there.

so a couple days ago i was going down this 23rd ave and e 7th street, if anyone knows where that is haha.. near the alameda bridge in oakland.

its a green light and im going straight, this guy makes a left turn and i brake (not even threshold breaking) just slammed on my brakes, but i couldnt avoid it, i hit his 03 impala on the rear passenger side door and possibly his rear wheel well. i know its not my fault, he shouldnt have made that left..

anyway, my p.s. fender is bent, my bumper is cracked almost all the way down and scuffed, my hood is dented in the front p.s. corner, and my p.s. headlights are smashed. what do i do guys... im afraid that the total damage and labor costs might total my car, but im not positive of that yet. does anyone know if AAA goes by blue book value when it comes to totaling a car? i heard that if the cost of repair is over 50% of the car u get totaled.

all in all, it was a horrible experience. im not sure what to do at this point, i've contacted his insurance, and im waiting for them to call me back. does anyone know what i should do? thanks for the input guys! (and gals)

[xredjokerx]

the thing is, im trying to go through his insurance since he hit me and im trying to avoid paying the deductible... i dont see why i'd have to shell out 500 bucks to get my car repaired when it wasnt my fault. is that an ok idea? it might take longer though. we'll see, im going to call the agent and ask her all these questions tomorrow.

[goferris]

You shouldn't have to pay any deductible in a situation like that. Did you get a Police report? If not you might be screwed. I hope they don't total it. If they do that would be sad.

[xredjokerx]

actually no i didnt get a police report, i figured no one was injured soo... we didnt need one. its clearly his fault though... i just need some advice i guess. do i go to some random body shop or do i order the parts myself? or how is this done, i've never really been in this kinda situation before...

by the way (off topic) goferris, it sucks that your selling your car, i was in salt lake city this past weekend and im going again 26th to 29th. but by plane >__< i heard provo is only 45 minutes away from there. i might be moving there actually next semester. but we'll see, too bad ur selling, i'd love to meet up in our celicas if i were to move there. anyway, back to topic. ahh. lol

[purplegt4]

actually no i didnt get a police report,

very risky. he can just say it was your fault or false info.

[xredjokerx]

yeah huh.. i guess.. next time i'll forsure get one... >__<

[RickJamesBish]

And I'd also find out how much your premium will go up.

[xredjokerx]

since its not my fault, my premium wont be going up at all i dont think.... i hit up the junk yard today looking for celicas with no luck. hoods are only 50 bucks there...

i called their insurance today but the person wasnt there, they said to call back tomorrow so i'm going to do that. we'll see though.. i'll update u guys.

[xredjokerx]

added a few pics. i dont have many on my phone, but my friends got tons on his >__> you cant see the hood damage or that much of the fender damage, also the headlight is moved in a bit... if u cant tell >__<

[illneversellmyce...]

if it happened real recently u can still get the police report, the cop had to write one, unless both parties left and a cop never showed

[cheela]

looks like a perfect reason for a GT-four conversion. but sorry to hear about that. hopefully it all works out.

[GriffGirl]

Since you have pictures of your car and his, I think you can still file a police report. You should call your local police right away and file a report.

[Daftboy]

You should call your local police right away and file a report.

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This post has been edited by Daftboy: Sep 18, 2008 - 4:12 PM

[Rusty]

those lights look broken, even if they're not better get some projectors

[xredjokerx]

lol im a really really really broke college student. im just hoping that the price of oem parts + labor and perhaps paint wont total my car